Because the elements can combine in many ways to form compounds, and compounds can be mixed in many differed ways. Moreover, some elements occur in different forms.
The elements carbon and hydrogen alone combine for form thousands of compounds.
There are more compounds than elements
Virtually all metals and most other elements. Rocks etc. Countless materials are denser than perspex (1.8g/cm3)
Elements with more than 92 protons are called Transuranic elements.
There are far more compounds than elements: Fewer than 200 elements and many million distinct compounds.
No, more than three-fourths of the elements are metals. Love, Grahamcracker
a pure substance made of more than one element is a compound.
Particles
If we don't consider the isotopes chemical elements have identical atoms.
Very few elements exist in their free state in nature. The vast majority of them exist as compounds, chemically bonded to other elements.
All matter is made up of various elements, and most elements are found in the form of compounds. There are far more compounds than there are elements.
Elements and combinations of elements.
compounds are combinations of elements, thus there can be more varieties/combos